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BARREL.)

Patented Deo. 9 1884.

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HIRAM S. TIPTON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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' SPBCIFIGATIONfoIming part of Letters Patent No. 309,010, dated December 9, 1884-.

Application filed March S15, 1884. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, I-IIRAM S. TIPTON, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, and a citizen of the United States, have invented new and useful Improvements in Barrels, of which the following is a full description, reference being hadl to the accoinpanying drawings, in which- Figure l is an elevation, some parts being shown in section; Fig. 2, a vertical section showing my barrel taken apart, the two parts and heads being placed together ready for shipment, the strips a a being shown only in section. Fig. 3 is a detail. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail.

Barrels now in use for shipping fruits and vegetables are too'bulky to warrant shipment when empty.

rlhe objects of my invention are to provide a barrel suitable Afor the purposes mentioned, and which, when empty, can be taken apart and a number of them packed in a small'compass for shipment, and to provide suitable devices for locking the parts of the barrel together when in use, which I accomplish as shown in the drawings, in which A represents one half of thebody, and B the other half of the body, of my l arrel. The upper half is made of thin strips of wood,c, the upper ends of which are secured between the outer hoop b and the inner hoop c, the parts being secured together by nails,which maybe clinched, as usual.. rlhe other ends of the strips c are secured between an outer hoop d and an inner hoop c in the same manner.

On the inside of the strip cis ahoop, f, which forms a ledge, against whichthe head at that end ofthe barrel may rest.

g is one of the heads, which may be made of two or more pieces of wood held together by a cleat, h. rIhe other part, B, of the barrel is made in the'same manner as the upper part, except that to it there is secured an additional hoopn', which projects a little above what would otherwise be the upper edge of B, and which is secured to the part B by means of nails, as shown in Fig. 4.

c are the strips of which the part B is composed, d being an outside band, and c an inside band, between which the upper ends of the strips a are secured. The lower ends of these strips are secured between two'bands in the same manner as the corresponding ends oi' the strips c, b being the outside band, and c the inside band. rIhe lower end of the part B p is provided with a hoop, f', corresponding with f, to support the head g', corresponding with the head g. The strips c a are vmade of wood, and, as shown, are interlaced with one another.

C is a bar or rod which passes through the heads of the barrels. rIhe ends of the rod or bar project beyond the heads a little, as shown in Fig. l, in which figure the several parts of the barrel are shown put together, the parts A B and the heads g g' being held together by the part C and keys or pins 7 0 7a', which pass through the rod C outside of the heads g g.

In use the head g is to be placed within the lower end of the part B from the outside, the lower end of the rod Cbeing in place in such head g', and B may rest in any suitable place while it is being iillcd. hen lled, the part A is to be brought to place, as shown in Fig. l, the larger end being placed upon the larger end of B and within the projecting portion of the hoop i. rIhe head (j being removed, the part A can then betilled, after which the head g can be brought to place, the end ot' the rod or bar C projecting throughit and being secured by the pin or key r. Suitable pressure may be used to reasonably compress the contents of the barrel and bring the heads to place.

In Fig. 2 I have shown the two parts A B of the barrel one within the other, ready for shipment, in which ease the head g is for the time being to be placed inside of thev part B, and the head g is to be placed for the time being within the part A.

The parts of a number of barrels can be placed one within the'other, so that a number will occupy but a small space. Before paci@ ing for transportation in this manner the bars C are all removed from the barrels and may be tied together in bundles.

By making the body of the barrel of strips c af, I provide open spaces Z between the strips for ventilation.

I do not limit myself to the precise arrangement of the strips a cshown. These strips might be placed in a vertical position at a little distance apart, or be provided with open IOO ings for ventilation; or they might be interwoven in some other manner than shown. As shown in Fig. 1, the rod or bar Gis supposed to be made of Wood; but a metal rod or bar may be used of any suitable form. Two or more such metal rods or bars might be used, located at the sides of the barrel, instead of a single one at the center. I thus provide a barrel the body of Which is made in two parts, a number of which can be packed in a small compass for shipment, the parts of which can readily be secured together when in use.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

l. A barrel the body of which is made in two parts, A B, With detachable heads, in combination With a rod or bar, C, passing throughA the heads and held by keys outside of such heads, substantially as and for the purposes 25 specified.

HIRAM S. TIPTON.

Vitnesses:

ALBERT H. ADAMS, MARIE L. Pinon. 

